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news international chairman james murdoch has been accused of trying to mislead british and piece by saying he was unaware of the chew extent of phone hacking by reporters his testimony was challenge trying to force my senses to say well look it was interesting from years ago that legal practice went beyond just one more group journalist and the scandal continues to grow critics believe the issue is just the tip of the iceberg in a society that will no longer value privacy of the people. as the scandal over voicemail and phone hacking by the murdoch media empire rages on public and political theory has mainly focused on ruthless tabloids out of control prepare to invade people's private lives and even the dad to get the story but some say in this day and age the whole concept of privacy is falling apart and in the u.s. more rapidly than elsewhere every time you tap on your cell or click on google or use your mail service everybody sort of just clicks through that you agree to our terms and conditions well those terms and conditions are very very heavily weighted against you and your
news international chairman james murdoch has been accused of trying to mislead british and piece by saying he was unaware of the chew extent of phone hacking by reporters his testimony was challenge trying to force my senses to say well look it was interesting from years ago that legal practice went beyond just one more group journalist and the scandal continues to grow critics believe the issue is just the tip of the iceberg in a society that will no longer value privacy of the people. as the...
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you know as the scandal over phone hacking by the murdoch media empire rages on public and political theory has mainly focused on ruthless tabloids out of control prepared to invade people's private lives and even the dad to get the story but some say in this day and age the whole concept of privacy is falling apart and in the u.s. more rapidly than elsewhere every time you tap on your cell or click on google or use your mail service everybody sort of just clicks through that you agree to our terms and conditions well those terms and conditions are very very heavily weighted against you and your privacy interests and we see you breaches of privacy happening . all across america all across the world really in every sector surveillance is rampant but really this is all a microcosm of the biggest surveyor of all which is the state there's little americans can do with the state having sweeping access to their private information access that followed the nine eleven terrorist attacks under a new law known as the patriot act asana law his privacy was taken away from him in two thousand and
you know as the scandal over phone hacking by the murdoch media empire rages on public and political theory has mainly focused on ruthless tabloids out of control prepared to invade people's private lives and even the dad to get the story but some say in this day and age the whole concept of privacy is falling apart and in the u.s. more rapidly than elsewhere every time you tap on your cell or click on google or use your mail service everybody sort of just clicks through that you agree to our...
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well murdoch has always been hyper ago.
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they posted claims that rupert murdoch had been found dead. it has emerged that officials in the american state department and the libyan government held a meeting in tunisia. americans say they delivered a certain message that colonel gaddafi must step down. more details about the meeting. >> from the american side, the u.s. ambassador to libya until this crisis blew up in february, together with a senior state department official from the region -- they were the representatives of the united states. we do not know who was at the meeting from the libyan side. we do not know who called the meeting. we do have a rundown from state department officials in washington. they say a clear, firm, and unambiguous message was delivered to the libyans from the americans. that message, they say, was that the only way forward in libya, the only way out of the libyan situation, was for colonel gaddafi to step down. that is the message to the americans took. >> that is the washington side of things. do you have any implications of how libya is seeing this? >
they posted claims that rupert murdoch had been found dead. it has emerged that officials in the american state department and the libyan government held a meeting in tunisia. americans say they delivered a certain message that colonel gaddafi must step down. more details about the meeting. >> from the american side, the u.s. ambassador to libya until this crisis blew up in february, together with a senior state department official from the region -- they were the representatives of the...
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that is in factupert murdoch's wife wendi. now, i am not a big proponent of the four-decade marriage age gap, but if ever there was a situation where it would pay dividend dividends, it would be an ambush like that. >> the pie goes -- the wife attacks the guy with the pie. here comes the policeman. and now comes a woman in a jacket with tails. she looks like a conductor or something. like an episode of "benny hill." then the queen comes in. sponge bob, of course, and then finally the hamburglar. it's like a monty python sketch. >> you know, hamburglar shows up, that
that is in factupert murdoch's wife wendi. now, i am not a big proponent of the four-decade marriage age gap, but if ever there was a situation where it would pay dividend dividends, it would be an ambush like that. >> the pie goes -- the wife attacks the guy with the pie. here comes the policeman. and now comes a woman in a jacket with tails. she looks like a conductor or something. like an episode of "benny hill." then the queen comes in. sponge bob, of course, and then...
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let's first talk about rupert murdoch and what he had to say. yesterday he said it was the most humble day of his life. it seems overnight he's written to news corp. staff explaining the situation to them as well. >> reporter: he did. he wrote a letter to staff basically explaining what he said yesterday at the hearing and also making it clear that he was appalled at these phone hacking allegations. one of the things he said in the letter was he has imbued the corporation with an audacious spirit, but this sort of behavior should not be tolerated. he also laid out some of the steps the company is taking to address the issue including setting up an independent standards and management committee. one of the things he also said was that he was sorry for the hurt that was caused, and we have taken responsibility. that's what it says in the letter to employees. of course, one of the things that he said in his hearing yesterday was very -- put very bluntly to him by mp tom watson who asked him if he took ultimate responsibility for this whole fiasco.
let's first talk about rupert murdoch and what he had to say. yesterday he said it was the most humble day of his life. it seems overnight he's written to news corp. staff explaining the situation to them as well. >> reporter: he did. he wrote a letter to staff basically explaining what he said yesterday at the hearing and also making it clear that he was appalled at these phone hacking allegations. one of the things he said in the letter was he has imbued the corporation with an...
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murdoch is a very astute player. many say that his move by closing the "news of the world" is bold and brave. >> louise, i will have to interrupt you there for a moment, i'm afraid. woe just got the prime minister, david cameron, just about to address newsmenme mennewsmen. let's listen in. >> families who lost loved ones, sometimes defending our country, that these people could have had their phones hacked into in order to generate stories for a newspaper is simply disgusting. i cannot think what was going through the minds of the people who did this. that they can hack into anyone's phone is disgraceful. but to hack into the phone of millie dowder, a young kirl missing from her parents who was later found to be murdered, is truly despicable. but this scandal is not just about some journalists on one newspaper. it's not even just about the press. it's also about the police, and, yes, it's about how politics works and about politicians, too. i want to be very frank about how, as a country, we should deal with this. pe
murdoch is a very astute player. many say that his move by closing the "news of the world" is bold and brave. >> louise, i will have to interrupt you there for a moment, i'm afraid. woe just got the prime minister, david cameron, just about to address newsmenme mennewsmen. let's listen in. >> families who lost loved ones, sometimes defending our country, that these people could have had their phones hacked into in order to generate stories for a newspaper is simply...
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. >> here is gordon with rupert murdoch's daughter. for years, they stayed close together, but no more. the smiles of fell away. they accuse them of using criminals to investigate his private life. >> i have my bank accounts, my lawyers files, someone was getting information from my lawyers. my tax returns went missing at one point, medical records have been broken into. i do not know how this happened. but i do know one thing. there is absolute proof that news international was involved in hiring people to get this information i do know that the people they work with our criminals. >> he claimed they were looking for information about a flat on this london street that you bought in the early 1990's. >> are you considering resigning? >> this is the editor of "the sunday times." in a statement tonight, the paper said, we believe no law was broken, no criminal was used, and this story was published. he attacked the way reporters that his son was suffering from cystic fibrosis. it left some in tears. >> your son is now going to be broadca
. >> here is gordon with rupert murdoch's daughter. for years, they stayed close together, but no more. the smiles of fell away. they accuse them of using criminals to investigate his private life. >> i have my bank accounts, my lawyers files, someone was getting information from my lawyers. my tax returns went missing at one point, medical records have been broken into. i do not know how this happened. but i do know one thing. there is absolute proof that news international was...
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in addition to rupert murdoch being in the hot seat, james murdoch will be there and rebekah brooks, former "news of the world" editor and chief sbekive of news international. she of course was arrested sunday and released without charge in connection with the phone hacking and she could be limited in what she has to say because of the ongoing police investigations, nina. >> atika, we've had the death of sean hall, former "news of the world" employee who was also a crucial whistle-blower her and two top coppers in the land departing as a result. it's the questioning very serious now. >> reporter: is getting serious and with the death of sean hohrer, unexplained but not considered suspicious at this time but he was the one who pointed the finger at andy coulson and david cameron, not only did andy coulson will phone hacking, but he actively encouraged the phone hacking. this threatens the murdoch media empire but really also downing street, that prime minister cameron himself is now taking this very seriously. he is coming back early from south africa today to attend a special day of
in addition to rupert murdoch being in the hot seat, james murdoch will be there and rebekah brooks, former "news of the world" editor and chief sbekive of news international. she of course was arrested sunday and released without charge in connection with the phone hacking and she could be limited in what she has to say because of the ongoing police investigations, nina. >> atika, we've had the death of sean hall, former "news of the world" employee who was also a...
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murdoch. i asked you whether this letter which is still lying on the record as evidence given to this committee is not for whatever reason, would you like to withdraw it? >> respectfully, i am not aware of the legal technicalities of withdrawing that or submitting it on the record. i think it is a relevant document in trying to understand how news international was thinking at the time. >> we'll ask you the question -- >> so i would say no, but i can come back after taking counsel and seeing if it's a better idea to do it. >> i want to wind up given the time, but i've got a few more questions. as you've described it, and as collin miler described it to us, the e-mail investigation was carried out by the i.t. department and it was overseen by the director of legal affairs, john chapman, and the human resources director, daniel cloak. is that your understanding? >> pardon me, what was the question? i don't understand. is it my understanding that -- >> the investigation itself. you have described
murdoch. i asked you whether this letter which is still lying on the record as evidence given to this committee is not for whatever reason, would you like to withdraw it? >> respectfully, i am not aware of the legal technicalities of withdrawing that or submitting it on the record. i think it is a relevant document in trying to understand how news international was thinking at the time. >> we'll ask you the question -- >> so i would say no, but i can come back after taking...
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rupert murdoch alongside his son james murdoch and the chief executive of news international here in the u.k. will appear before parliamentary select committee at 2:30 u.k. time. you have been watching news on the bbc. thanks for watching. ♪ ♪ >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global financial strength to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet los presented by kcet los angeles.
rupert murdoch alongside his son james murdoch and the chief executive of news international here in the u.k. will appear before parliamentary select committee at 2:30 u.k. time. you have been watching news on the bbc. thanks for watching. ♪ ♪ >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global...
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and his son james murdoch. this weekend murdoch and news international wl apologise to the british public for the phone hacking scandal through a series of full page advertisements headed we arsorry. rupert murdoch said news international will take further concrete steps to resolve ese issues and make amends for the damage they have caused. joining me now t discu this ongoing story is andrew edgecliff johnson of the financial times. i am pleased to have him here to provide some context to this extraordinary day on one more day in the story. welcome. >> thank you, charlie. >> so where is the story, is it simply waiting for the appearance of the three of them, murdoch, murdoch and brooks on tuesday? >> i can tell you today is nothe end of the story, the resignation of rebekah brooks, and tuesday probably won't be either this is a story which will run for months if not years with poli investigations, dici inquiries, lawsuits and any number of other threats still piling up against the compy. but it's a significant
and his son james murdoch. this weekend murdoch and news international wl apologise to the british public for the phone hacking scandal through a series of full page advertisements headed we arsorry. rupert murdoch said news international will take further concrete steps to resolve ese issues and make amends for the damage they have caused. joining me now t discu this ongoing story is andrew edgecliff johnson of the financial times. i am pleased to have him here to provide some context to this...
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well your radio host says rupert murdoch is facing the collapse of his business and . i would be shocked if he is still at the helm of news corp you know the next couple of months and i think we're going to see actually a reversal of this i mean murdoch was in many ways a throwback and. professor jay rosen at n.y.u. has basically said that this was not a new company it was a media company that has a newsgroup vision that essentially functions as a lobbyist as a lobbying arm for that media enterprise and i think murdoch wanted that a little power and i suspect that anybody who takes over from murdoch and we don't know who that will be but i'm sure there will be somebody will see this this pursuit of political power just for the sake of political power to be antithetical to running a good business. but that coming up in a few minutes on the program afghanistan starts and then for itself they start signing the process. engines and spend the transition that we continue to have plenty from timmy. and a frenzy grips the central russian region plus the discovery of priceless
well your radio host says rupert murdoch is facing the collapse of his business and . i would be shocked if he is still at the helm of news corp you know the next couple of months and i think we're going to see actually a reversal of this i mean murdoch was in many ways a throwback and. professor jay rosen at n.y.u. has basically said that this was not a new company it was a media company that has a newsgroup vision that essentially functions as a lobbyist as a lobbying arm for that media...
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rupert murdoch withdrew the bid for bskyb on wednesday. that was amid the scandal at newscorp international. it must have been a tough one for him. >> reporter: oh, yeah, completely. we were all told he was desperate to get his hands on the remaining shares, 60% of sky that he didn't own. and it will be a bitter climbdown for him. one he was facing the reality that in the political climate that was developing where all the main parties were opposed to that takeover going ahead. it was just kind of unrealistic for them to pursue that right now. not saying perhaps they don't come back and have another go at it in six month's time. in terms of what will happen today, there's momentous developments today as well. right now is the deadline, we're told, fora bekaa brooks, the embattle embattled chief international to respond before a committee of politicians on wednesday. we're told 9:20 is the latest she could respond. after that who knows what will happen after that. theoretically she could be forced to attend by the sergeant at arms' office w
rupert murdoch withdrew the bid for bskyb on wednesday. that was amid the scandal at newscorp international. it must have been a tough one for him. >> reporter: oh, yeah, completely. we were all told he was desperate to get his hands on the remaining shares, 60% of sky that he didn't own. and it will be a bitter climbdown for him. one he was facing the reality that in the political climate that was developing where all the main parties were opposed to that takeover going ahead. it was...
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meanwhile murdoch's takeover of b sky b is in the spotlight with calls for the deal to be stopped. but according to today's independent newspaper, the payment may be, quote, dead in the water. pauline. >> charles, as you might expect, many of the 200 or so former "news of the world" employees are less than impressed with the way they've been treat bud they did get the last laugh when the paper came out. it had several parting shots presumably aim at their bosses and this happened in the crossword puzzle. readers were treated to clues such as criminal enterprise and string of recordings as well as woman stairs wildly at calamity which seems to be thinly vailed at their boss, former ed kerr, rebecca brooks. it includes disaster, menace, deplo deplored, and bracket. the ironic part about this is the "news of the world" bosses apparently did anticipate the staff loosing the paper might pull something of the stunt using the pages in the paper so they called in some senior editorial figures from its sister paper "the sun," but apparently they just don't do the crossword puzzle. >> it wou
meanwhile murdoch's takeover of b sky b is in the spotlight with calls for the deal to be stopped. but according to today's independent newspaper, the payment may be, quote, dead in the water. pauline. >> charles, as you might expect, many of the 200 or so former "news of the world" employees are less than impressed with the way they've been treat bud they did get the last laugh when the paper came out. it had several parting shots presumably aim at their bosses and this...
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rupert murdoch's media empire. washington's planned missile shield over europe has been labelled as the main irritant behind why i think has an russian american relations by foreign minister sergey lavrov the u.s. has brushed off moscow's concerns over the project maintaining the shields only to protect against attacks from rogue states but some say it's taking advantage of posts via bitterness to see its rules are just going to stick our reports u.s. missile defense plans in europe are of course up for discussion here in washington foreign minister lavrov said russian news for a legally binding guarantees that the european missile defense project will not threaten russia's security there has been words before washington has many times said that the system would not be against russia but moscow needs to have it on paper some analysts explained that this urge that russia has been getting everything on paper with promises in the past that were not fulfilled for example when the soviet union collapsed russia was assur
rupert murdoch's media empire. washington's planned missile shield over europe has been labelled as the main irritant behind why i think has an russian american relations by foreign minister sergey lavrov the u.s. has brushed off moscow's concerns over the project maintaining the shields only to protect against attacks from rogue states but some say it's taking advantage of posts via bitterness to see its rules are just going to stick our reports u.s. missile defense plans in europe are of...
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where there are further allegations in the phone hacking scandal which has rocked the murdoch media empire. police have told the mother of a child that she was on the list of people whose phone may have been hacked. notes of her phone number was on an investigate's notes. the bbc's report. >> perhaps it seemed this astonishing affair no longer had the reputation to shock. but the mother who worked alongside the news of the world alongside its former editor was all along one of its victims. sarah payne's charity was contacted last night to be told her details were in the notebooks of the phone hacker. it says "we are all deeply disappointed and we are just working to get her through it." the last night of "the news of the world" and it's last edition. sarah payne had previously been told she was not a hacking victim. she had been asked to write a last article. she described the paper as an old friend. >> a series of tragic news stories -- >> and rebecca brooks, former editor, describes sarah payne as her dear friend. the two worked together to campaign for "sarah's law," the public right to
where there are further allegations in the phone hacking scandal which has rocked the murdoch media empire. police have told the mother of a child that she was on the list of people whose phone may have been hacked. notes of her phone number was on an investigate's notes. the bbc's report. >> perhaps it seemed this astonishing affair no longer had the reputation to shock. but the mother who worked alongside the news of the world alongside its former editor was all along one of its...
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and james murdoch himself many people say should step down and take a break. let's now take a look at some other stories from around the world struggling viewers has been struck another blow as moody's one of the big three credit rating agencies has downgraded islands dance to chance status the move is a warning to investors around the world just as the bailed out economy verges on the brink of another crisis same agency the political and economic storm last week when it did the same for portugal's debt it also prompted a e.u. finance ministers to vow to more regulation on credit rating agencies. french lawmakers have voted in favor of continuing the country's military operations in libya the decision was supported by the majority of the lower house of parliament french officials claim girl representatives after one of them a libyan leader is ready to discuss surrendering power stephen brown contributing editor of the front page online magazine believes the french are looking for an honorable way out of libya. france has just recently called for the rebels to
and james murdoch himself many people say should step down and take a break. let's now take a look at some other stories from around the world struggling viewers has been struck another blow as moody's one of the big three credit rating agencies has downgraded islands dance to chance status the move is a warning to investors around the world just as the bailed out economy verges on the brink of another crisis same agency the political and economic storm last week when it did the same for...
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and james murdoch himself many people say should step down whether he's for. this skate without serious damage is also doubtful although i don't think he's going to retire or leave the helm of the company. now the explosive mixture of media and politics and the hacking scandal that's gripping the world's attention is also discussed in today's edition of crossfire or you can join people of illinois guests next hour here on r.t. but for now a quick preview. in this particular case with news of the world it looks more and more like you had reporters and editors who are engaging in criminal conduct there is no concept of free press anywhere in the world that enables journalists to break the law if someone hacked my voicemail i would love to see them in jail but if you look at the criticisms that are being leveled at murdoch it goes far beyond there people are using this as an opportunity to attack him for his politics and for a straight and see as first partisanship. our top minutes past the hour here in moscow wiki leaks founder julian assange is fighting against
and james murdoch himself many people say should step down whether he's for. this skate without serious damage is also doubtful although i don't think he's going to retire or leave the helm of the company. now the explosive mixture of media and politics and the hacking scandal that's gripping the world's attention is also discussed in today's edition of crossfire or you can join people of illinois guests next hour here on r.t. but for now a quick preview. in this particular case with news of...
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james murdoch is the chairman. it is clear now that he personally, without board approval, authorized money to be paid by his company to silence people who had been hacked. and to cover-up criminal behavior in his organization. this is nothing short of an attempt to pervert the course of justice. >> reporter: murdoch's news international denies any cover-up. and in a statement, it says, it welcomes the call for a public inquiry. the atmosphere down here at westminster can only be described as febrile. rebecca brooks remains in her post. but her friendships with the likes of tony blair and david cameron is on the real strain, as the true scale of phone hacking becomes apparent. dan rivers, cnn, london. >> as we said, advertisers are trying to distance themselves now from the scandal. let's look a few of the names. ford was the first company to announce it was suspending advertising in the paper and taking its business elsewhere. that opened the floodgates. and many more companies have followed suit. virgin holidays
james murdoch is the chairman. it is clear now that he personally, without board approval, authorized money to be paid by his company to silence people who had been hacked. and to cover-up criminal behavior in his organization. this is nothing short of an attempt to pervert the course of justice. >> reporter: murdoch's news international denies any cover-up. and in a statement, it says, it welcomes the call for a public inquiry. the atmosphere down here at westminster can only be...
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murdoch is standing by it. a statement from news corp says james murdoch stands by his testimony to the select committee. >>> it seems that it may spread to the u.s. operations. nbc news is reporting that the u.s. justice department is investigating allegations that news corp has been hacking into the computers. the case ended when news corp bought the rival's assets for almost $13 million and now australia years regulators. news corp is a part owner of fox tell. they say the decision has nothing to do with the hacking scandal in brittain. >> and while we're on the subject of resignations. britain's prince andrew stepping down at the britain's special representative for international trade. he's been acting as official envoy for more than ten years and during that time he's been facing blistering criticism. he announced the news in his annual review. he said, quote, i have decided that the label i gave myself when i began this role as speshlg representative has served its purpose and is no longer necessary to t
murdoch is standing by it. a statement from news corp says james murdoch stands by his testimony to the select committee. >>> it seems that it may spread to the u.s. operations. nbc news is reporting that the u.s. justice department is investigating allegations that news corp has been hacking into the computers. the case ended when news corp bought the rival's assets for almost $13 million and now australia years regulators. news corp is a part owner of fox tell. they say the decision...
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are rupert murdoch's news corp hacking tactics connected to the two thousand and nine. scientists e-mails. and website with twenty four seventh's live streaming. about the ongoing financial hurricane unlimited three high quality videos are down. and stories you may never find on. you know i'm. a political. person more aren't. well it's official rupert murdoch's news corp abroad hits illegal hacking operation across the atlantic into the united states bloomberg news is reporting that back in two thousand and nine news corp admitted during the trial it did indeed pack into the secure web site of an american marketing rival eleven different occasions news corp subsidiary news american marketing broke into the website belonging to four graphics incorporated and stole their client lists the case was later dismissed after news corp agreed to and over twenty nine point five million as part of a settlement deal so now that we know happening was rampant at news corp in the u.k. and it also took place here in the united states is it really that far fetched to believe fox news was
are rupert murdoch's news corp hacking tactics connected to the two thousand and nine. scientists e-mails. and website with twenty four seventh's live streaming. about the ongoing financial hurricane unlimited three high quality videos are down. and stories you may never find on. you know i'm. a political. person more aren't. well it's official rupert murdoch's news corp abroad hits illegal hacking operation across the atlantic into the united states bloomberg news is reporting that back in two...
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rupert murdoch's bid for the u.k.'s biggest satellite broadcaster b. sky b. crumbles under political pressure as the hacking scandal spreads beyond britain sentences and. reports that journalists from murdoch's papers tried to bribe police for information following. the eurozone economic crisis. junk fueling fears the country may need a second. similar predictions were made about portugal with italy also tipped to be a risk. for me today the news continues in less than half an hour from now here in the meantime it's cross talk and discuss the repercussions of the phone hacking scandal that is gripping britain that's next. if you can. follow in welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle an empire in disarray rupert murdoch and his immense media assets are under investigation in what is being called voicemail gate is this scandal all about murdoch and his sleazy business practices or a media that no longer serves the public good. and . the crosstalk media today i'm joined by tony pedersen in dallas he's a professor and bell distinguished chair in journalism at sou
rupert murdoch's bid for the u.k.'s biggest satellite broadcaster b. sky b. crumbles under political pressure as the hacking scandal spreads beyond britain sentences and. reports that journalists from murdoch's papers tried to bribe police for information following. the eurozone economic crisis. junk fueling fears the country may need a second. similar predictions were made about portugal with italy also tipped to be a risk. for me today the news continues in less than half an hour from now...
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on the other side of the atlantic, murdoch's news corporation is under scrutiny as well. u.s. senator john rockefeller has called for an investigation to find out if the media group has broken any american laws. he has raised concerns that 9/11 victims and other americans may have been targeted by british tabloid phone hackers. nina? >> pauline, of course, the phone hacking scandal has rocked investors confidence and faith in news corporation itself. this is a media group that has lost almost $7 billion in its market capitalization over just the last five trading sessions as these allegations have emerged hour after hour and day after day. on tuesday, rupert murdoch himself, his company announced a plan to buy back an extra $3.2 billion in its own shares, bringing its buyback to a total of $5 billion which is a huge amount, pauline. then again, it's also a huge amount, the money being taken off the stock price of news corp and also bskyb, the british broadcaster whose remaining stake it's trying to buy as well. >> analysts see this buyback as a way for news corp to give its sh
on the other side of the atlantic, murdoch's news corporation is under scrutiny as well. u.s. senator john rockefeller has called for an investigation to find out if the media group has broken any american laws. he has raised concerns that 9/11 victims and other americans may have been targeted by british tabloid phone hackers. nina? >> pauline, of course, the phone hacking scandal has rocked investors confidence and faith in news corporation itself. this is a media group that has lost...
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they curry favor with murdoch and he's very powerful specially in the u.k. you can call an election one way or another newspapers and television they've got stories they life because well even though these three legal means to be entertained their audience is the audience is like that to the police might have been involved in bribery but then again they might have gotten tips of information that might have led to a person prosecution so it's a very kind of odd arrangement everybody seemed to have gotten something out of it but nonetheless it was quite you legal i mean how do you look at that i mean is that why it went on for so long if the allegations are true well you just have to well you just have to look at the relationship involving the media and government and law enforcement in london it is a very unusual relationship and the environment in london for the tabloids especially is very aggressive viciously competitive and unfortunately in this case it crossed over into line of illegality so none of this is a real surprise and it's been a long time coming
they curry favor with murdoch and he's very powerful specially in the u.k. you can call an election one way or another newspapers and television they've got stories they life because well even though these three legal means to be entertained their audience is the audience is like that to the police might have been involved in bribery but then again they might have gotten tips of information that might have led to a person prosecution so it's a very kind of odd arrangement everybody seemed to...
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it's an outpost for the murdoch empire. the group had sales of $33 billion and a profit of $640 two million. where they make their money is not newspapers, but television. the fox network contributed that figure, $15 billion. that's almost half of the sales. that's the reason the murdoch empire is so interesting. these satellite broadcaster in the u.k. has sales of $8 billion. it's a lot of people are speculating that this will move with "news of the world" is part of the plan to secure bskyb. let me touch on some of the other stories. a lot of optimism. we like that. a lot of optimism about america's job report in just about an hour. it has already lifted the stock markets. there's a lot of hope that the unemployment figure will be an improvement from last month's dismal numbers. analysts expect the jobless rate to remain the same, currently at 9.1%. ing financial markets -- wide there's likely to be such an increase. --i think it's part to the the related to energy. also, the implications of the japanese earthquake. those
it's an outpost for the murdoch empire. the group had sales of $33 billion and a profit of $640 two million. where they make their money is not newspapers, but television. the fox network contributed that figure, $15 billion. that's almost half of the sales. that's the reason the murdoch empire is so interesting. these satellite broadcaster in the u.k. has sales of $8 billion. it's a lot of people are speculating that this will move with "news of the world" is part of the plan to...
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what i found fascinating is rupert murdoch spent a lot of his first testimony not being rupert murdoch and being contrite and as the afternoon wore on what you saw was the emergence of very much the 20th century media mogul got more gruff but maybe felt more honest. at one pointthe questioner said rupert murdoch i'm going turn to you since i don't seem to get far with james murdoch and he got more gruff. he steamed to respond in a differt way. james was every bit the picture of a 20th centu corporate polished ceo saying no matter the merit of the question that's a tremendous and terrific question and i appreciate the manner in which it's been asked and his preambles were enormous and the content of the answers were minimal and existing always flattering the questioner. what i liked was the contrast. murdoch was as he said, humbled and i think he was contrite. the measure of the contrition seed to go down toughout the day until we got the pie as some over the internet said that saved news corp. not sure that's right but it was astonishing. >> charlie: and james murdoch to be protective
what i found fascinating is rupert murdoch spent a lot of his first testimony not being rupert murdoch and being contrite and as the afternoon wore on what you saw was the emergence of very much the 20th century media mogul got more gruff but maybe felt more honest. at one pointthe questioner said rupert murdoch i'm going turn to you since i don't seem to get far with james murdoch and he got more gruff. he steamed to respond in a differt way. james was every bit the picture of a 20th centu...
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murdoch or by rebekah brooks? >> i forget, but i expect it was my son. >> when were you informed about the payments made to gordon taylor and max clifford? >> nope. >> you were not informed? >> nope. >> did you or anyone else at your organization investigate this at the time? >> no. >> is that right? >> i forget the days. i never heard -- i didn't hear that. that is the first i've heard of that. i just don't remember. there's no excuse for breaking the law at any time, sorry. >> a man named vincent "the chin" used to wander around greenwich village. which, in fact, he was. his scheme did not work. vinny "the chin" gigante was convicted on racketeering and conspiracy charges in the 1990s, he ultimately died in prison. is rupert murdoch pulling a vinny "the chin" here? is he going to drop the whole fake limp or is rupert murdoch really that out of his depth, unaware of most things going on around him, unaware even of how much he's using his hands when he talks? meanwhile, rupert murdoch's son, james, only 38 years o
murdoch or by rebekah brooks? >> i forget, but i expect it was my son. >> when were you informed about the payments made to gordon taylor and max clifford? >> nope. >> you were not informed? >> nope. >> did you or anyone else at your organization investigate this at the time? >> no. >> is that right? >> i forget the days. i never heard -- i didn't hear that. that is the first i've heard of that. i just don't remember. there's no excuse for...
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murdoch needed things from them. that never needed to be stated but everyone understood that that was hanging in the air and that's what this judicial inquiry has to get to the bottom of. >> i think murdoch's control of 37% of the britishress plus b sky b led to this conviction from tony blair to cameron that you had to have murdoch on your side. and, you know, when you're in britain you don't feel murdoch's running the show. i mean, you can read "the guardian," you can read t telegraph, you can read t daily expres you can read the f.t. but i just wonder but blair, i'm sure, would have won the election in 1997 without murdoch. it was the end of the toris just as it was the end of new labor in 2010. murdoch had his finger in the wind and he went with these guys but i don't myself bieve e elections uld have come out any differently withou so i think there was a kind of mythology that hadbuilt up. we have to have murdoch with us. and now it's the opposite. we have to trash him. >> rose: john burns, how much has been has
murdoch needed things from them. that never needed to be stated but everyone understood that that was hanging in the air and that's what this judicial inquiry has to get to the bottom of. >> i think murdoch's control of 37% of the britishress plus b sky b led to this conviction from tony blair to cameron that you had to have murdoch on your side. and, you know, when you're in britain you don't feel murdoch's running the show. i mean, you can read "the guardian," you can read t...
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who is wendi murdoch? the bloggers compared her to a crouching tiger and wondering if it's rupert murdoch's character that attracted her to him. apple is launching a new app alled lion. apple says the new system has more than 250 new features and it's contributing to more big news for the company. its profits have doubled. melissa frances has more on apple and while investors are eating it up. >>> a guy that's been dead for 127 years is trending on twitter today. probably getting more attention than he ever has outside a high school science glass. all because google pays tribute to greg gor men dell. the catholic friar discovered dominant and recesssive traits in his pea plants. here's to google for the opportunity to revisit freshman biology and to greg gor men dell for the reminder to eat your peas. >> announcer: this past year alone there's been a 67% spike in companies embracing the cloud-- big clouds, small ones, public, private, even hybrid. your data and apps must move easily and securely to reach m
who is wendi murdoch? the bloggers compared her to a crouching tiger and wondering if it's rupert murdoch's character that attracted her to him. apple is launching a new app alled lion. apple says the new system has more than 250 new features and it's contributing to more big news for the company. its profits have doubled. melissa frances has more on apple and while investors are eating it up. >>> a guy that's been dead for 127 years is trending on twitter today. probably getting more...
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murdoch was the news and continues to be the news. the owner of the news corp, a $32 billion media con gone rat, is in the eye of a whirl storm. the rap is hacking. murdoch's journalists have been hacking into the cell phones apparently of the owners and users of those phones. police reports say there could be as many as 4,000 victims. murdoch's journalists also invaded confidential medical records, one of those victims is the former prime minister of the united kingdom gordon brown. two of his newspapers reveal private medical records of the son of gordon brown and the young boy's history of cystic fibrosis, which his mother and father were treating as a family matter. >> i can't think of any way that medical condition of a child could be put into the public arena legitimately. >> the international uproar over murdoch's newspaper hacking killed a pending murdoch broadcasting deal, namely, to purchase british sky broadcasting a deal valued at $12 billion. the sitting uk prime minister and the british public sidelined the planned merge
murdoch was the news and continues to be the news. the owner of the news corp, a $32 billion media con gone rat, is in the eye of a whirl storm. the rap is hacking. murdoch's journalists have been hacking into the cell phones apparently of the owners and users of those phones. police reports say there could be as many as 4,000 victims. murdoch's journalists also invaded confidential medical records, one of those victims is the former prime minister of the united kingdom gordon brown. two of his...
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murdoch and his immense media assets are under investigation in what is being called voicemail gate is this scandal all about murdoch and his sleazy business practices or a media that no longer serves the public good. crosstalk media today i'm joined by tony pedersen and dallas he's a professor and bell distinguished chair in journalism at southern methodist university in los angeles we cross that audience russell he's a historian and the author of a renegade history of the united states and in oxford we go to shawn powers he's an assistant professor at georgia state university all right gentlemen this is crosstalk that means you can jump in anytime you want i always go to the person has to go earliest for this program so i'm going to go to you thaddeus here in looking at what's happening to them the murdoch media empire and every hour that passes more revelations are coming out and it looks very very ugly is any of this surprise you and do you think it's going to be this is just the tip of the iceberg because murdoch and his people have a really sleazy reputation now we're getting evi
murdoch and his immense media assets are under investigation in what is being called voicemail gate is this scandal all about murdoch and his sleazy business practices or a media that no longer serves the public good. crosstalk media today i'm joined by tony pedersen and dallas he's a professor and bell distinguished chair in journalism at southern methodist university in los angeles we cross that audience russell he's a historian and the author of a renegade history of the united states and in...
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prime minister's too cozy with the murdoch empire media. and was too quick to hire someone close to the tactics. now coleson is one of ten people arrested so far in this tabloid scandal. cameron said if he knew then what he knows now, he would not have hired coleson. >> it's not about hindsight, mr. speaker. it is about all the information and warnings that the prime minister ignored. he was warned. and he preferred to ignore the warnings. so that the country could have the leadership we need. why doesn't he do more than give a half apology and provide the full apology now for hiring mr. coleson and bringing him into the heart of downing street. >> what i would say to the gentleman is stop hunting feeble conspiracy theories and start rising to the level of events. >> the prime minister was quick to note murdoch and others had close relationships with and access to tony blair and gordon brown. and he took issues saying his leadership abilities were compromised. >> to many people how he has acted in the last few years. >> yes. because which g
prime minister's too cozy with the murdoch empire media. and was too quick to hire someone close to the tactics. now coleson is one of ten people arrested so far in this tabloid scandal. cameron said if he knew then what he knows now, he would not have hired coleson. >> it's not about hindsight, mr. speaker. it is about all the information and warnings that the prime minister ignored. he was warned. and he preferred to ignore the warnings. so that the country could have the leadership we...
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murdoch. >> reporter: murdoch ignored calls from politicians earlier on monday to rethink the whole plan. >> i would say look how people feel about this, look how the country has reacted with revulsion to the revelations so do the decent and sensible thing and reconsider. think again about your bid for bskyb. >> reporter: taking full control of bskyb is a top priority for murdoch and newscorp, it now has 10 million british households signed up, paying on average $800 a year. that chunk of revenue could now be in jeopardy. >> bskyb is going to grow its revenues between 35% and 40% and it will throw off a lot of cash and it's a very secure business. >> reporter: with the closing of the 168-year-old "news of the world" sunday newspaper murdoch's news international now has three, not four british newspapers. will that be enough to satisfy the competition authorities that with bskyb, murdoch won't control too much of the media in britain or will the phone hacking scam make the deal too hot to handle? >> it schemes bskyb shareholders aren't thrilled to be associated with the phone hacking alle
murdoch. >> reporter: murdoch ignored calls from politicians earlier on monday to rethink the whole plan. >> i would say look how people feel about this, look how the country has reacted with revulsion to the revelations so do the decent and sensible thing and reconsider. think again about your bid for bskyb. >> reporter: taking full control of bskyb is a top priority for murdoch and newscorp, it now has 10 million british households signed up, paying on average $800 a year....